Owned a commodity (j2me) tmobile phone recently? Non-tmobile-sourced j2me apps (unsigned, for those playing along at home, and tmob holds the keys) are prevented from accessing the net. (Right. No gmail.jad, no gmaps, no im+, nothing more connected than solitare.) Even non-subsidized versions are sold that way.
(And .. um.. not to point out the obvious.. but remind me how many places can sell iphone apps these days?) Tmobile and other carriers get the majority of the 'missing' money (although if you put me on the spot by asking for my reference I'd have to do some more digging to find it again.) And the various non-compete clauses are similar - what good is it to claim 20% for the carrier if devs just use a paypal link instead? All the "work" (and I'll admit they don't seem to have done much.. esp comments..) and none of the reward. (Same reasoning applies to not listing alternative markets.) Is it unpleasant? Sure, in some ways. But its not some evil plot, its simply the passed-on cost of being shipped on a device. (I'd maintain that, personally, the $25 pay-to-play is more unpleasant, even though its potentially - hopefully? - less money overall. Esp when used as a gatekeeper on the list of ADP1 shipping prices. But that's just me..) On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 2:26 PM, Shane Isbell <shane.isb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 11:18 AM, Disconnect <dc.disconn...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> You realize they could have simply disabled the third-party-installer >> option, right? (Or not written one to begin with.) They are far more than >> an application vendor in this space, and if they really wanted to "control >> the distribution channel for mobile content" they could have. > > No they couldn't have. This shows a lack of understanding of the mobile > industry on your part. The carriers could have just told Google: "Tough > luck, go find another market to play in." Carriers would not have allowed > Google to enter, if they thought Google would lock down and control > everything. The openness of Android is some type of assurance against this. > > Shane > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
